Guy's I just thought that if I'm required "BY LAW" to have my lights on, I would think the warden should have his lights on also. After all he was on the water at the same time. I guess I should have waited at the ramp and asked him just to see what his answer would be.

"Above the law????" a simple yes will do..

they are trained professionals don't try this at home

He probably turned his lights on when it was required by law to turn them on. I would give him and any Warden the benifit of the doubt.

maybe just go thank him for being out there to begin with next time.... its fixin to be bout time for those crazy jet skiers and the drunks to be out and about and i doubt anybody would be worried about their lights being on when they are going to stop one....

Send him down here to Lewisville we need all the help we can get!!!

"I know the Law" "I am the Law" - Judge Dredd

If you ask me.No matter what the situation was.If it's dark you must have your lights on.

No matter, the warden was in the wrong. Being an officer gives no right to be above the law.

I have noticed most law enforcement types have very little regard for the traffic laws, or any other laws for that matter.

The sheriff departments in these small towns are notoriously crooked.

We had a Texas trooper out here for years who nearly ran over me several times barrelling out of the median.

I have had several bad things happen to me over the years and I have yet to get any help from the law enforcement types. About the best you can hope for is they will file a report.

Game Wardens are bad about coming up to your boat at full speed and swamping you with a wake. We had one out here who thought he was John Wayne.

All in all I cannot say I am surprised you had a bad experience.

without em, we'd be in a world of chaos and devestation.

I'm with "little l" and just give thanks that they are out there!

For this particular incident, it's a good idea to give the warden the benefit of the doubt. Although any passing boat, to a warden, can be an offender, there are only a few wardens and it's not like you are out scouting for law breaking LEOs. Whatever his reason for not having his lights on, that's his call, just as an officer can run a redlight or drive down the street at night with his lights off if he's in pursuit.

Do officers break laws for no good reason other than immunity? Sure. Was this guy doing so? Seems like a piddly infraction for someone as powerful as a GW to commit just because he can, so I think an ounce of objectiveness and common sense can go a long way here.

I'm a poacher. I poach at night. If I see a Game Warden I stop poaching so he won't catch me.

Perhaps GW's should run around the lake with those giant search lights circling the sky so everyone will know who they are and where they are at.

When I'm not poaching I'm a car burglar. I break into your car at night when nobody is around. I love stealing your stuff and then listening to you whine and cry about how the police didn't do anything about it. Anyway, when I see headlights coming my way I duck and hide in the shadows until they pass. It's good thing that the cops don't roll by with their lights out. I sure like the law that says everybody has to have the lights on and that means to cops too. (Can you hear my sarcastic tone as I'm writing this??? I hope so.) Those sneaky cops that think they're above the law are the ones that I gotta watch out for. They actually turn their lights off and drive around in the dark looking for me, even though it's against the law. They just think they're above the law.

Some of you guys really are ridiculous.

Well said. If you are not breaking the law, why worry about someone who is trying to get lawbreakers.

Hard to believe that a judge would let his bailiff speak to him like that in court.